Cylinder



July 29 1924. 1,502,905

R. M. COMISKE Y CYLINDER Filed NOV- 25, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 o. o 'o ii o o 0 06000606600 oooooooooo 0 OO' O L. FPzJdtmd M Com'dsxgy WITNESS: ATTORNEY July 29 4924. 1,502,906

R. M. COMISKEY 5 CYLINDER Filed Nov 1922 2 sheets-sheet 2 oo eooeeoooe A 16/ h 0 O 1 I Richard MCommKy aawauw v WITNESS:

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eraser masse 0%? arena see smemes li ppllcation filed November is to produce a cylinder for clothes washing machines of a construction to insure the thorough saturation and agitation of the clothes arranged therein when the cylinder is positioned in the-machine and subjected to an oscillatory movement in a rotary direction, and whereby the clothes will be efiectively washed in an expeditious manner without liability of damage thereto.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings z- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved cylinder.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 1-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional 55 of Figure 2. c

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 6--6 of Figure 5. V

The clo hes receiving cylinder, forming the subject matter of the presentinvention is designed for either continuous rotary movement, a partial rotary movement inone direction and a similar rotary movement in another direction, or a continuous oscillatory movement in a rotary direction. The'ends 1 of the cylinder are in the nature of disks, being preferably formed of wood, the said ends having their central portions provided with reduced extensions which are round in plan, and thesaid extensions are centrally provided with short shafts or trunnions 2 received in the'usual hearings in a washing machine (not shown).

The cylindrical body of the improvement is also preferably formed of wood, and surrounding the edges of the body there are metal bands 3 secured to the body, the said securing means also entering the ends 1. At its top the body is provided with an opening view on the line 25, 1922. Seri al lle. 303,276.

for-acover 4B, which is arcuate in cross section. :Metal bands are preferablysecured at the Ends of the cover, the same having one of their'ends lipped as at 5, and their other endsl provided with barrels to engage between similar barrels on straps6,the said straps'being scur'edto the body." Suitable pivots pass through the barrels. v Slidable in depressions in the cover below the straps 6 and adjacent the lipped ends thereof are catch elements 7 that arealso designed to engage beneath the bands 3 on the ends of the body. The catch members 7 are preferably in the nature of fiat spring plates on which are centrally formed handles 9. The 7 rear portions of the said catch members are normally covered by plates which partly close depressions in which the catches are received.

The body has its bottom portion centrally provided with spaced apertures 10, and the inner face of the bottom has arranged therein a cup-like member 11 that surrounds the apertures 10. The cup member has a central securing element 13 passing therethrough which, of course, enters the bottom 14 of the body, and the said cup member is provided with spaced apertures 15. At its edges, the bottom 14 of the body has connected thereto inwardly inclined wooden strips 16, which have a central line of apertures 17. Se

cured adjacent to the inner ends of the strips K 16 are outwardly inclined strips 18 which are said pairs of strips 21 and 22 also provide the body with inwardly extending ribs.

The inner edges of the strips 16 and 22 H projecta, suitable distance beyond the inner faces of the strips 18 and 21, and these projecting portions are rounded, as at 2 1 and are provided with angular notches 25. It is to be noted'that the notches 25 on-the adjacent rounded inner edges 24 of the strips 22 and 26 are arranged at reverse angles, the object being that water or clothes thereagainst ill be moved angularly in oppo ite directions toward the closed ends of the body. When the cylinder is rotated, water will enter through the apertured sides of the ribs and through the apertured sides of the body and be forcibly delivered against the clothes therein. The clothes contacting with the ribs will be efiective-ly agitated without danger of damage thereto. As the cylinder revolves, water in the washing machine will also pass through the apertures 10 into the bottom and into the cup 11, such water being sprayed through the apertures in the cup against the clothes in the cylinder, and it is thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings will fully set forth the construction, operation and advantages of the improvement to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate.

Having described the invention, I claim A clothes containing cylinder adapted for rotation in a washing machine, comprising a top, apertured sides, a bottom having a series of apertures therethrough, and a spray element surrounding said apertures, oppositely inclined strips connected together in pairs and connected to the confronting edges of the top, sides and bottom, and one of each pair of strips having a central line of apertures therethrough.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

RICHARD M. COMISKEY. 

